The Devils (World's Classics) - Softcover

Dostoevsky, F. M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192818503 ISBN 13: 9780192818508

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1992

Synopsis

"Devils", also known in English as "The Possessed" and "The Demons", was first published in 1871-2. The third of Dostoevsky's five major novels, it is at once a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism, depicting the disarray which follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. Dostoevsky compares infectious radicalism to the devils that drove the Gadarene swine over the precipice in his vision of a society possessed by demonic creatures that produce devastating delusions of rationality. Dostoevsky is at his most imaginatively humorous in "Devils": the novel is full of buffoonery and grotesque comedy. The plot is loosely based on the details of a notorious case of political murder, but Dostoevsky weaves suicide, rape and a multiplicity of scandals into a compelling story of political evil. This new translation by Michael Katz includes the chapter "Stavrogin's Confession" which was initially considered to be too shocking to print. In this edition it appears where the author originally intended it.

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"We are indebted to Michael R. Katz for an accurate and imaginative new rendition of the greatest political novel ever written."--Maurice Friedberg, University of Illinois "I am delighted to have this new translation available for students -- a highly readable translation and an affordable edition. This is long overdue!"--Byron Lindsey, University of New Mexico "We are indebted to Michael R. Katz for an accurate and imaginative new rendition of the greatest political novel ever written."--Maurice Friedberg, University of Illinois "I am delighted to have this new translation available for students -- a highly readable translation and an affordable edition. This is long overdue!"--Byron Lindsey, University of New Mexico "We are indebted to Michael R. Katz for an accurate and imaginative new rendition of the greatest political novel ever written."--Maurice Friedberg, University of Illinois "I am delighted to have this new translation available for students -- a highly readable translation and an affordable edition. This is long overdue!"--Byron Lindsey, University of New Mexico "We are indebted to Michael R. Katz for an accurate and imaginative new rendition of the greatest political novel ever written."--Maurice Friedberg, University of Illinois "I am delighted to have this new translation available for students -- a highly readable translation and an affordable edition. This is long overdue!"--Byron Lindsey, University of New Mexico

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192818503
• ISBN 13: 9780192818508
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 788